On Tuesday, federal Judge Kathleen Cardone of El Paso, Texas, denied Ramos' and Compean's contention they were not a flight risk and rejected their motion to stay out of prison on bond while they appeal their case to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.Bonner told WND the agents' imprisonment will have a detrimental effect on the willingness of Border Patrol agents to go out and enforce immigration laws.
“The Bush administration is sending a message to all law enforcement officers,” Bonner told WND, “that it is to be 'hands off the border, leave it wide open, don't you dare do your jobs or you too will end up in federal prison.' “After this travesty of justice,” he continued, “why would any Border Patrol agent stick their neck out trying to apprehend a Mexican drug smuggler, especially when you realize that you could be the one who ends up behind bars?”
The Bush administration continues to argue on background that Ramos and Compean lied to Border Patrol officials and covered up evidence, asserting the Mexican drug smuggler was not armed and had attempted to surrender peacefully.
Bonner disagrees, arguing there were “only three people who saw what happened on the other side of that levee – Agent Ramos, Agent Compean, and the Mexican drug smuggler, Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila.”
“The agents testified that the drug smuggler did not have his hands up, that he was running away, and that he pointed an object at them that they believed to be a gun. So, the agents opened fire,” Bonner said. “Essentially, what the White House is saying is that they believe the word of a drug smuggler over the word of two sworn federal agents.”
Well, that's it! President Bush, for whom I personally had high expectations when he began his presidency in January 2000, has sold away our sovereignty in the name of free trade through an ill-begotten North American Union. Woe to us and our children! May the LORD have mercy on us for surrendering what our forefathers purchased with their lives!
Justice in America is dead. Drug runners go free while the officers who are suppose to stop them are imprisoned. Criminals are given the right to keep and bear arms. And, we execute defenseless babies, even before they are born, for the crimes of their fathers.
My heart weeps for this country. There is no justice in America. It is dead.
May God bring swift judgment upon this land, and may it be ever so severe! My fear is that at this point only the strong arm of God bearing down on us will break our hard hearts and bend our stiff necks. Oh, God Almighty, please, do not delay! Return this land to what it once was, and turn the hearts of men back to you!
In the name of Jesus Christ, the only begotten son of God the Father Almighty who reigns in Heaven from everlasting to everlasting, amen.
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